Early Colonial America Quiz

What was the primary reason that Pilgrims and Puritans came to the New World?

• economic opportunity

• religious freedom

• missionary work

• to purchase land

When Jonathan Winthrop told his fellow Puritans that their new community would be a "city upon a hill," what did he mean?

• Their success or failure was not tied to their religious beliefs.

• God would punish those who did not follow their example.

• They should serve as a model of religious behavior for other societies.

• Agriculture should be shunned in favor of commerce and industry.

What was the goal of mercantilism?

• To control trade and gain wealth

• Make colonies wealthy

• Import many goods from other nations

• Share wealth with other nations

What is mercantilism?

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

• Wars that start over money.

• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

Known as the "Breadbasket" colonies

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Settled by people who wanted religious freedom

• Southern

• Middle

• New England

Lots of plantations where cotton was grown

• Southern

• Middle

• New England